Kansas City area restaurant inspections for Aug. 4

Area food establishments cited for 7 or more priority or critical health code violations: Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen, Long John Silver’s/A&W, Wendy’s, Paparico’s Mexican Restaurant, Pizza Shoppe, Taqueria El Corita, Thomas Restaurant and Wyandot BBQ. Most violations are corrected at the time of the inspection.

Area restaurants cited for 7 or more priority and critical violations. Most violations are corrected at the time of the inspection.

The Kansas Department of Agriculture cited these operations for 7 or more priority health code violations.

Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen, 1859 Village West Parkway, Suite 102, Kansas City, Kan., had 11 priority violations during a July 24 routine inspection, including Creole sauce with a prep date of July 16 and a discard date of July 22 and Hazel Dressing with a prep date of July 17 and a discard date of July 23 ( held over 7 days so sauce and dressing discarded).

In a statement, Bob Bertini, spokesman for Wendy’s, said: “The franchisee has brought in maintenance personnel, cleaned and serviced equipment and has promptly addressed the issues raised in the recent health inspection report.”

Wyandot BBQ, 8441 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan., had 7 priority violations during a July 18 routine inspection, including raw chicken on top of box of raw beef in the cooler (box of raw chicken moved).

Thomas Restaurant, 1815 W. 39th St., had 7 critical violations during a July 11 routine inspection, including can of pineapple juice at the bar with duct tape around it (can of pineapple juice discarded).